Tropicana 400
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| Venue | Chicagoland Speedway |
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| Location | Joliet, Illinois, United States |
| First race | 2001 |
| Distance | 400.5 miles (644.5 km) |
| Laps | 267 |
| Previous names |
Tropicana 400 (2001–2004) USG Sheetrock 400 (2005–2007) LifeLock.com 400 (2008–2010) GEICO 400 (2011–2013) MyAFibStory.com 400 (2014) MyAFibRisk.com 400 (2015) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 (2016) |
| Most wins (driver) | Tony Stewart (3) |
| Most wins (team) | Joe Gibbs Racing (5) |
| Most wins (manufacturer) | Chevrolet (8) |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
| Turns | 4 |
The Chicagoland 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series held annually at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. The inaugural running of the race was held in 2001. From 2001 to 2010, the race was held in July, and from 2008 to 2010, after lights were installed at the track, the race was held at night. Since 2011, it has been held in September as the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series Chase for the Championship.
In May 2000, as Chicagoland Speedway was under construction, it was announced that the track would hold a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race beginning in the 2001 season.Tropicana served as the race's sponsor from 2001 to 2004, followed by USG Corporation from 2005 to 2007, LifeLock.com from 2008 to 2010, GEICO from 2011 to 2013, Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceutica from 2014 to 2015, and Nickelodeon has sponsored the race through the network's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series since 2016.Kevin Harvick won the first two runnings of the race in 2001 and 2002, while Tony Stewart has the most wins in the race's history, having won it three times, in 2004, 2007 and 2011.
NBC carried this event from 2001-2005, from 2006-2010, it was carried on TNT, from 2011-2014, it was carried on ESPN, that policy has been discontinued, Starting in 2015, the race will return to NBC, and has the rights for the final 20 races of the season, the 11th of 20 races aired as part of the NASCAR on NBC package, the race will be aired on NBCSN.
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